Numbers 23:1
And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Build for me in this place seven altars, and make ready for me in this place seven bullocks and seven rams.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- בָּלָקBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish king
- בִּלְעָםBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
- פַּרpara bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
- כּוּןkûwnproperly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a grea
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachan altar
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.